Video control system for displaying user-selected scenarios
First Claim
1. A system for playing audio/video content, displaying only desired information portions, the information comprising one or more prerecorded segments of video information, each segment comprising one or more frames of video information, the system comprising:
- software for identifying user-designated desired information and its location;
software for selecting a user-designated portion of the desired information for display in an interactive, individually controlled manner;
memory for storing a start point and a stop point of each scene of information to be displayed, including memory for storing the start point and stop points for scenes of a user-selectable scenario; and
, software for causing display of only that user-designated portion of information as custom scenes corresponding to the start points and stop points for scenes of a user-selected scenario.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling the presentation of video information previously recorded on a digital video disc enables a user to simply select for playback specified segments of the information prerecorded on the video disc with avoidance of objectionable material such as violence, profanity, vulgarity and nudity as identified by a preproduced movie mask file for the particular motion picture or other video information on the video disc. Also disclosed is the structure of such a movie mask file.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for playing audio/video content, displaying only desired information portions, the information comprising one or more prerecorded segments of video information, each segment comprising one or more frames of video information, the system comprising:
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software for identifying user-designated desired information and its location;
software for selecting a user-designated portion of the desired information for display in an interactive, individually controlled manner;
memory for storing a start point and a stop point of each scene of information to be displayed, including memory for storing the start point and stop points for scenes of a user-selectable scenario; and
,software for causing display of only that user-designated portion of information as custom scenes corresponding to the start points and stop points for scenes of a user-selected scenario. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for altering the output of selected portions of digitally encoded audio-visual material as instructed by a user, the system comprising:
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associated software to accept a mask file, read such file, and store a mask file in memory;
a mask file locator and reader;
a navigation module programmed to receive instructions from said mask file locator and reader and to identify mask event portions in said digitally encoded audio-visual material and selectively suppress the output thereof in response to said instructions; and
,a menu for user selection of the degree or rating to be applied in altering output to suppress objectionable content. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for altering the output of selected portions of digitally encoded audio-visual material as instructed by a user, the system comprising:
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(A) an activation module including;
(1) a stored unique registration key (2) instructions for a user to communicate the registration key to the system provider and receive a corresponding activation code (3) an activation enablement program routine to disable the output altering function on certain conditions, and to enable that function upon entry of a valid activation code by usual numerical entry means. (B) software to accept a mask file, read such file, and store a mask file in memory;
(C) a mask file locator and reader; and
,(D) a navigation module programmed to receive instructions from said mask file locator and reader and to identify mask event portions in said digitally encoded audio-visual material and selectively suppress the output thereof in response to said instructions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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